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- E. & W. BALL. Dropping Platform for Harvesters.

Patented July 21, 1868.

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Be it known that we, EPHRAIM BALT. and 'MILTON BALL, of Ganton, lStarkcounty, State of `Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement inHarvesting-Machines; and we-do hereby deelaie'tha't'the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof,vreference being had to thevaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which` i AV A x Figure 1 is a perspective view of a harvesting-machine having ourinvention applied to it,`

p Figure 2 is a plan view of the platform of iig. `l. i

Figures 3 and lare vertical sections of Vthe platform, showing it in twopositions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several'gures The object of our invention .is to combine a hinged bail with ahinged platform of a reapng-maehine in such manner that .by dropping therear part of the platform very slightly, said` bailwill be elevatedsufficiently high above its forward partto elfeet the discharge ofthegavel, and that when the rear endof the platform is in a position forreceiving the falling grain, the bail will be closely upon thelinger-beam, orthe` forward part of the platform, as will be hereinafterdescribed. Y V

To enable others, skilled in the' art to make and use our invention,wewill describe its construction and operation. 1

In the accompanying drawings, we have represented our inventionapplied-to a platform, A, which is hinged atpoints in rear of itsforward edgeto arms a. a, which are secured to and project in rear ofthe fingerbeam B. When thusapplied, the platform, can be tilted backwardwhen it is desired `to drop the gavel` upon `the ground, by elevatingitsforward end, as shown in fig. 4; and should the pivotal connection ofthe platform ground, after which he can allow the parts to return totheir former position.

be in rear of a line drawn through the middle`of`its width, the forwardpart will preponderate over the rear part, and consequently, when thepower which was appliedto elevate said forward part is removed, 'the'platform will fall back to the position shown in gs. 1, 2, and 3, forreceiving the out grain.

If desirable, the 'platform may be pivot'ed, at itsv forward edge, tothe finger-beam, so that its rear part of the platform only will riseand fall in the operationA of gathering the cut grain and dropping thegavel upon the ground. l

C represents a rod, which extends along the front part of the platformA, and parallel to the edge thereof, as shown ln gs. 1 and 2and whichhas two arms, b b, projecting at right angles-from its extremities, thatare pivoted in such manner to the platform as to allow the rod C to hethrown up to the position represented in fig. 4. This movement isimparted to the rod C, when. the forward part of the platform iselevated, by means of a fixed pin, c, which projects fromv the ldivideror guard D, and depresses an extension, 11', of one of the arms b, asrepresentedin the drawings. l

In 1 we have represented asystem ot"levers, communicating with theforward portion of the platform A, and arranged in siich manner that theattendant, whilst riding'upon the machine, can, at pleasure, tilt theplatform backward, and, simultaneouslyr therewith, elevate the rod(JQ-and thus discharge the Aload upon the The rod C, with its arms 6 b,constitutes a kind of hail, which serves as-a means for elevating thebutts o1" cut ends of Vthe grain-straws lying upon the platform, abovethe surface of the platform, suiiieiently high to cause the grain toslidetherefrom` and fall upon the ground in ga'vels.

This bail also serves as'a means for preventing grain from falling uponthe plattform during the discharge of the gavel therefrom, thus enablingus to make'the gavels of a uniform size without stopping the machine toeifect the discharge. l Y

The bail C should be so arranged with reference to the cutting-apparatusas to allow the cut grain, which falls upon it during thedischarge of agavel, to fall upon the platform after such discharge, or whenthe bailis allowed. to fall down upon the platform and assume theposition-represented in g. 3.

When our invention is applied to a hingedy platform, as described, thelatter will assist in discharging the grain, as the rear ends or headsIof the grain will, in this case, be depressed simultaneously with theraising of the butts, and consequently the inclination which is'necessaryto discharge the grain can be obtained by a shorter movement.of the rod C than could be obtained by having 'a xedplatform, or onewhich is pivoted at its forward edge. For thisreason we prefer to hingethe platform at an intermediate point between its forward v v and backedges, as above described. Still, it may be found vdesirable in somecases to apply our hinged bail'to a fixed platform, and toeect thedischarge of the grain by means of the bail alone.

By pivoting the bail C to the platform A, forward .of the hingedconnection or axis of motion of this platform, it will be seen that thebail is elevated bodily when the platform is tilted backward, and whenthe platform is released and allowed to fall back to its formerposition, the weight of said bail will cause the platform to fall withmore certainty.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by`L.etters Patent, isff vCombining a bail or rod with a t'ilting-platfor`m of a reaping-machine,in such manner that when the front edge of the platform is elevatedabo-ve the plane of theinge'rl-beam, said bail will simultaneouslybecome elevated above the .finger-beam and platform, for the doublepurpose of arresting the falling grain. and facilitating the dischargeofthe gavel, substantiallyl as described.

Witness our hands, this 14th day-fof January, 1865.

. EPHRA-I-M BALL, M. BALL.

Witnesses:

M. L. Fm, y Guo. W. RUF.

